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[Jasoco]

Ding, ding, ding! Ladies and gentlemen, we have a winner!

The SML2 one is real. The SMB2 one is not.

Funny though I haven't played that level in SML2 in 15 years and seeing that screenshot brought back memories of it too. I too always wondered what it meant. Thank science for todays internet!

 

[Sword Familiar]

*pfft* Stupid kid. That person's too big for that house.

That's a small, but powerful, mecha. See the other bricks scattered in front of him? That used to be another house.

 

[Valjean Lafitte]

I know now what the N&B sign was in SMB2, I can now die peacefully.

I did not read your replies and will die thinking SMB2 had N&B blocks.

Oh you!

 

[webrunner]

Rest in peace, my friend:

The mystery has been solved.

the bricks on the sides don't have outline edges where they're cut off.

 

[Watch Da Birdie]

So...does N&B just stand for "Nintendo Blocks" with the "&" thrown in for no reason, or do they stand for something else?

 

[Valjean Lafitte]

the bricks on the sides don't have outline edges where they're cut off.

Well yeah, but...hat has nothing to do with my bad photoshopping and everything to do with the original picture:

The commercial didn't mention Lego by name, but it was enough for Lego to sue Nintendo over comparative advertising and also plagiarism.

I thought comparative advertising was legal though. McDonalds and Burger King and Coke and Pepsi used to do it all the time.

 

[webrunner]

Well yeah, but...hat has nothing to do with my bad photoshopping and everything to do with the original picture:

I know. I was just noticing it and pointing it out.

 

[Jasoco]

Well yeah, but...hat has nothing to do with my bad photoshopping and everything to do with the original picture:

I thought comparative advertising was legal though. McDonalds and Burger King and Coke and Pepsi used to do it all the time.

It used to be illegal in the 80's and before. Like when Wendy's had a now well known child celebrity mention McDonalds. McDonalds sued. For a while you had to dance around the competition's name. Now-a-days it's blatant. Not sure if some law was repealed or it became okay to do it. Maybe it's protected by free speech like parody and satire.

 

[Drkirby]

It used to be illegal in the 80's and before. Like when Wendy's had a now well known child celebrity mention McDonalds. McDonalds sued. For a while you had to dance around the competition's name. Now-a-days it's blatant. Not sure if some law was repealed or it became okay to do it. Maybe it's protected by free speech like parody and satire.

Well, if this is legal, just about anything is: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lag2vDx2faQ


I don't know what they thought the ad was a good idea.

 

[webrunner]

Well, if this is legal, just about anything is: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lag2vDx2faQ


I don't know what they thought the ad was a good idea.

He must have forgot to steal the blueprint on how they prepare their eggs, the BK one is just standard omelette/scrambled stuff but McD's closer to poached.

 

[Jasoco]

I know, sometimes I hate it too. It's obviously not illegal anymore (Maybe never was. Might have just been a fuzzy area) because some companies rip into others. Like AT&T and Verizon and T-Mobile. Or Apple and Microsoft. Or even TV shows like Community ripping on Glee and Shit My Dad Says. Though that's not as blatant and is funny as hell.

 

[wrowa]

So...does N&B just stand for "Nintendo Blocks" with the "&" thrown in for no reason, or do they stand for something else?

The logo is kinda funny. N&B Block. Nintendo & Block Block.

 

[RetroMG]

I don't know if this has been posted, but a friend pointed out to me the other day that Layton becomes happier in the Icons for each Professor Layton Game.

Curious Village:

Diabolical Box:

Unwound Future:

 

[Nocturnowl]

I don't know if this has been posted, but a friend pointed out to me the other day that Layton becomes happier in the Icons for each Professor Layton Game.

Curious Village:

Diabolical Box:

Unwound Future:

Hah! that's great, another puzzle solved!

 

[Starwolf_UK]

The Professor Layton game boot icons is neat. Makes me wonder what 4 is like, too happy to be outside of Japan, thus confined to it I'd guess.

The logo is kinda funny. N&B Block. Nintendo & Block Block.

And now Mario Mario has some context.

 

[Nocturnowl]

The Professor Layton game boot icons is neat. Makes me wonder what 4 is like, too happy to be outside of Japan, thus confined to it I'd guess.

Maybe they go for the opposite approach, they will go from..
1. Thinking pose
2. Face of Doubt
3. Pulling the hat down in shame
"frankly i'm embarrassed"

 

[wrowa]

On a related note: This charming kid is supposed to be the son of Hiroshi Yamauchi, former president of Nintendo that we all love and fear.

 

[TheOGB]

I don't know if this has been posted, but a friend pointed out to me the other day that Layton becomes happier in the Icons for each Professor Layton Game.

Curious Village:

Diabolical Box:

Unwound Future:

:|



:O

 

[Stylo]

:|



:O

Don't you mean?

:|

 

[TheOGB]

Don't you mean?

:|

Spoiler

No.

 

[The Shadow]

I know, sometimes I hate it too. It's obviously not illegal anymore (Maybe never was. Might have just been a fuzzy area) because some companies rip into others. Like AT&T and Verizon and T-Mobile. Or Apple and Microsoft. Or even TV shows like Community ripping on Glee and Shit My Dad Says. Though that's not as blatant and is funny as hell.

Or The Cape. God that's funny. Same network though.

 

[Diablohead]

Did anyone know in Sega Rally 2 there is a hidden area/minigame on the last stage of arcade mode?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ex6-6fOHhKM

It's quite well hidden, you have to touch the two red cones on the track to open the wall.

 

[Jasoco]

Or The Cape. God that's funny. Same network though.

Well, isn't Glee on at the same time as Community? And Shit My Dad Says was at 8:30, but close enough. The Cape pokes were just making fun of shows that get all hyped up and then canceled fast.

 

[Deleted member 8095]

I don't remember seeing this posted, but, Yo Noid is basically a re-skinned version of Masked Ninja Hanamaru.

See here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2F5LxvSoz2c&feature=related

 

[Dunan]

As a kid I never knew if the name of that Domino's "Noid" character was supposed to be old-style-Brooklynese* for "nerd" or the last syllable of "Dominoid".

* My great-grandma used to say 'toilet' as 'terlet'

 

[Deleted member 8095]

Not exactly mind-blowing, but nevertheless interesting to know: In the late 60s Nintendo released so-called "N&B" blocks, which were essentially copies of Lego.

Related to that: Yamauchi's son appeared in N&B commercials (he isn't the boy in that picture, though), in Super Mario Land 2 was a level made of these N&B bricks and Lego tried to sue Nintendo over plagiarism and comparative adverts but failed at court.

German article I got the pictures from

I had no idea Nintendo made Legos! I really want some Nintendo Legos now! Also, never knew it was Nintendo Legos is that SML2 level! All the Nintendo stuff in this thread is really amazing!

 

[Lo_Fi]

Nintendo Lego stuff

I always referred to that level as the Lego level, but I never really thought about it too much. Thanks for posting that, that's pretty cool.

 

[randomlyrossy]

So is this the only example of product placement in a Nintendo game?

 

[BocoDragon]

So is this the only example of product placement in a Nintendo game?

No.

Wave Race 64 featured Kawasaki product placement... removed in the VC version.

Pikmin 2 featured Duracell batteries and 7-up bottle caps.

I'm sure there are others.

 

[Professor Beef]

No.

Wave Race 64 featured Kawasaki product placement... removed in the VC version.

Pikmin 2 featured Duracell batteries and 7-up bottle caps.

I'm sure there are others.

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y216/bocodragon/pikmin21.jpgIMG][/QUOTE]
[img]http://www.vgcats.com/comics/images/041129.jpg

 

[BocoDragon]

^ The thing that's dumb about that is I doubt they put Duracell etc in Pikmin 2 for the money. It's Nintendo... they aren't generally whores in that way. They probably did it to add realistic everyday objects and enhance the reality of the micro-sized landscape.

 

[Professor Beef]

^ The thing that's dumb about that is I doubt they put Duracell etc in Pikmin 2 for the money. It's Nintendo... they aren't generally whores in that way. They probably did it to add realistic everyday objects and enhance the reality of the micro-sized landscape.

I agree. It worked with me, at least. I remember being shocked at how small everything was in comparison to some of that stuff

Spoiler

only to have that feeling taken away during Olimar's scenario in Subspace Emissary

.

 

[Drkirby]

Plus, you didn't use the battery to power the ship, you just sold it for money.

 

[Granger Danger]

^ The thing that's dumb about that is I doubt they put Duracell etc in Pikmin 2 for the money. It's Nintendo... they aren't generally whores in that way. They probably did it to add realistic everyday objects and enhance the reality of the micro-sized landscape.

Both are correct. It adds to the realism, but it's still product placement that Nintendo received a tidy sum for.

(BTW, Nintendo not being whores officially went completely out the window with the release of a SNES rom as a full-price retail release to "celebrate" the 25th anniversary of Mario Bros.)

 

[Throwaway123456789]

^ The thing that's dumb about that is I doubt they put Duracell etc in Pikmin 2 for the money. It's Nintendo... they aren't generally whores in that way. They probably did it to add realistic everyday objects and enhance the reality of the micro-sized landscape.

BAHAHAHA

 

[Easy_D]

As usual, the VGCats comic could have ended by the second panel and got the point across.

Edit: As I don't want to derail this topic into a shitty descussion regarding VGC and its shittiness, let me BLOW YOUR MINDS with one of those lame musical things

Donkey Kong 64 Creepy Castle

Donkey Kong ARCADE

I know a lot of these have just been coincidences/similarities but I'll be damned if that part of Creepy Castle wasn't based on that one intro jingle from Donkey Kong

 

[drugstore_cowboy]

Castle Crashers knight design stolen from...my wardrobe?

 

[Fuzzy]

http://www.vgcats.com/comics/images/041129.jpg

After reading the first two panels I've come to the conclusion that VG Cats is the Duracell battery of the web comic world.

 

[Jintor]

Minor facts

- The Japanese voice actor for Godot in the Ace Attorney series is Hideki Kamiya.

- Orson Scott Card of Ender's Game fame wrote the insult swordfights for Monkey Island and worked on the script of The Dig.

 

[ReyVGM]

I don't if this was posted already, but the Final Fantasy Legend 2 (Saga2) battle intro is taken directly from a song titled "The Heat is On".

Final Fantasy Legend battle intro:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Za6-7CPW5hI

The Heat is On, Sax solo:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-mU-YSk32I#t=1m35s

 

[Lo_Fi]

Minor facts

- The Japanese voice actor for Godot in the Ace Attorney series is Hideki Kamiya.

- Orson Scott Card of Ender's Game fame wrote the insult swordfights for Monkey Island and worked on the script of The Dig.

To #2, do you have a source? That's so awesome if true.

 

[Tackhead #9]

Each 'part' of the music in F-Zero's Port Town lasts 10 seconds.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YeftYWtB8kI

...This did not blow your mind, I know.

 

[Onion_Relish]

Each 'part' of the music in F-Zero's Port Town lasts 10 seconds.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YeftYWtB8kI

...This did not blow your mind, I know.

Its ok because the song is kick ass. I tested it with mute city and its pretty close to the same minus a half or full second here or there. Im sure other songs are similar.

 

[LevityNYC]

In the new Modern Warfare 3 Trailer at around 7 seconds you can see the completed Freedom Tower in NYC. youtu.be/coiTJbr9m04

 

[low-G]

After reading the first two panels I've come to the conclusion that VG Cats is the Duracell battery of the web comic world.

One of only two in the world worth paying money for?



No, I get it...

 

[Jasoco]

...and going, and going, and going, and going...

 

[Nemo]

Was it known about Mario shooting green fireballs in the bonus item stage of Mario Bros 3? Might be old, but I just found out about it

edit, found a vid http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ei-gowZHBOc

 

[jett]

Each 'part' of the music in F-Zero's Port Town lasts 10 seconds.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YeftYWtB8kI

...This did not blow your mind, I know.

That's pretty neat, the composer must suffer from OCD.

 

[dragonlife]

Each 'part' of the music in F-Zero's Port Town lasts 10 seconds.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YeftYWtB8kI

...This did not blow your mind, I know.

This is pretty cool.

 

[SidVicious]

Sonia from Sonic Underground appears in Sonic All-Star Racing;

http://extralivespending.wordpress....the-sonic-underground-cartoon-in-a-videogame/